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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 22
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Ezekiel catalogs the sins of the Jews in Jerusalem—They shall be scattered and destroyed for their iniquities.
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Moreover</span> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?  yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
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Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, The city <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 18 (16-20).">sheddeth</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Blood, Shedding of.">blood</a> in the midst of it, that her <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/22/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 21: 25.">time</a> may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come <i>even</i> unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 14.">reproach</a> unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
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<i>Those that be</i> near, and <i>those that be</i> far from thee, shall mock thee, <i>which art</i> infamous <i>and</i> much vexed.
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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In thee have they <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/7a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB treated lightly, or dishonored.">set</a> light by <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Honoring Father and Mother.">father</a> and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/22/7c" mark="c" type="A" title="Zech. 7: 10 (9-11).">oppression</a> with the <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/22/7d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Strangers.">stranger</a>: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/22/7e" mark="e" type="A" title="Amos 5: 12; Hel. 6: 39 (37-40).">widow</a>.
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Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
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In thee are men that <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR slander in order to.">carry</a> tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sensuality.">lewdness</a>.
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In thee have they discovered their fathers’ <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 18: 7 (7-8).">nakedness</a>: in thee have they <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/10b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB abused her who is unclean in her time of menstruation.">humbled</a> her that was set <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/22/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lev. 18: 19.">apart</a> for <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/22/10d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 17 (16-20).">pollution</a>.
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And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
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In thee have they taken <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 27: 25; Isa. 1: 23.">gifts</a> to shed blood; thou hast taken <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/12b" mark="b" type="C" title="Isa. 3: 14; Amos 3: 10; Alma 4: 12 (12-13); TG Usury.">usury</a> and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Honesty.">dishonest</a> gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
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Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee?  I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> have spoken <i>it,</i> and will do <i>it.</i>
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of; TG Israel, Ten Lost Tribes of.">scatter</a> thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Filthiness.">filthiness</a> out of thee.
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I <i>am </i>the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/18a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ps. 119: 119; TG Apostasy of Israel; TG Wickedness.">dross</a>: all they <i>are</i> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 48: 10.">furnace</a>; they are <i>even</i> the dross of silver.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt <i>it;</i> so will I gather <i>you</i> in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave <i>you there,</i> and melt you.
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Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 21: 31.">fire</a> of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
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As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> have poured out my fury upon you.
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&#182; And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, say unto her, Thou <i>art</i> the land that is not cleansed, nor <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 68: 9; Ezek. 34: 26.">rained</a> upon in the day of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Indignation of.">indignation</a>.
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<i>There is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conspiracy.">conspiracy</a> of her <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">prophets</a> in the midst thereof, like a <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/22/25c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 28: 15.">roaring</a> lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/22/25d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">treasure</a> and <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/22/25e" mark="e" type="A" title="Jer. 20: 5.">precious</a> things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
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Her <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">priests</a> have <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mal. 2: 8.">violated</a> my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/22/26c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lev. 10: 10; Ezek. 44: 23.">difference</a> between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed <i>difference</i> between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/22/26d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jer. 17: 27 (22, 24, 27); Ezek. 44: 24.">sabbaths</a>, and I am <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/22/26e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Profanity.">profaned</a> among them.
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Her <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Kings, Earthly.">princes</a> in the midst thereof <i>are</i> like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, <i>and</i> to destroy souls, to get dishonest <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 26: 29; 4 Ne. 1: 26.">gain</a>.
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And her prophets have daubed them with untempered <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 13: 10."><i>morter</i></a>, seeing vanity, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/22/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Superstitions.">divining</a> lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, when the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath not spoken.
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Poor.">poor</a> and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 18: 26; Jer. 5: 1.">destroy</a> it: but I found none.
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Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/22/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 7: 4.">recompensed</a> upon their heads, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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